Dust Over Caspian Sea South of Volga Delta

Plumes of dust blow northwestward off the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea. One plume blows across the lower part of Karabogas Bay, while the other, slightly further south, blows across the peninsula on which the city of Hazar is located, in Turkmenistan. Visible in the northern part of the sea are sediments and phytoplankton growth near the fan-shaped Volga River Delta.